diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hsshellscript/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hsshellscript/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..126a0d316bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hsshellscript/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ cabal, c2hs, parsec, random }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "hsshellscript";
+  version = "3.3.1";
+  sha256 = "0z3afp3r1j1in03fv2yb5sfbzgcrhdig6gay683bzgh85glwxhlp";
+  buildDepends = [ parsec random ];
+  buildTools = [ c2hs ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.volker-wysk.de/hsshellscript/";
+    description = "Haskell for Unix shell scripting tasks";
+    license = "LGPL";
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 788b8540a94..a0d5bad3ec1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1192,6 +1192,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   HsOpenSSL = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/HsOpenSSL {};
 
+  hsshellscript = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hsshellscript {};
+
   HStringTemplate = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/HStringTemplate {};
 
   hspread = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hspread {};